Across
- 1. mumps, measles, rubella
- 4. vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase when it reaches its boiling point
- 5. an antibiotic founded in 1928
- 8. can be bent or hammered into shape
- 11. the change of the physical state of matter from gas phase into liquid phase
- 13. loose category of small proteins that are important in cell signaling
- 15. a mixture of two or more metals
- 17. substances specifically bound by antibodies
- 18. the administration of antigenic material, to stimulate an individual's immune system to develop adaptive immunity to a pathogen.
- 20. can be drawn out into wires
Down
- 2. are antibodies that are made by identical immune cells that are all clones of a unique parent cell
- 3. double-membrane-bound organelle found in most eukaryotic organisms. Some cells in some multicellular organisms may, however, lack them.
- 6. free electrons in a metal
- 7. to identify the nature of (an illness or other problem) by examination of the symptoms
- 9. also known as an immunoglobulin, is a large, Y-shaped protein produced mainly by plasma cells that is used by the immune system to neutralize pathogens
- 10. the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of almost all vertebrates as well as the tissues of some invertebrates
- 12. are produced by injecting a specific antigen into a mouse, collecting an antibody-producing cell from the mouse's spleen, and fusing it with a tumor cell called a myeloma cell
- 14. a molecule composed of two chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses
- 16. the type of bonding between two metals
- 19. the basic building blocks of all animals and plants.